Isaiah 54:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

In overflowing wrath my face was veiled from you for a minute, but I will have pity on you for ever, says the Lord who takes up your cause.

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  • Isa 55:3 : 3 Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.
  • Isa 54:5 : 5 For your Maker is your husband; the Lord of armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is he who takes up your cause; he will be named the God of all the earth.
  • Isa 54:10 : 10 For the mountains may be taken away, and the hills be moved out of their places, but my love will not be taken from you, or my agreement of peace broken, says the Lord, who has had mercy on you.
  • Isa 49:26 : 26 And the flesh of your attackers will be taken by themselves for food; and they will take their blood for drink, as if it was sweet wine: and all men will see that I the Lord am your saviour, even he who takes up your cause, the Strong One of Jacob.
  • Ps 13:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?
  • Ps 27:9 : 9 Let not your face be covered from me; do not put away your servant in wrath; you have been my help: do not give me up or take your support from me, O God of my salvation.
  • Ps 103:17 : 17 But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness;
  • Isa 8:17 : 17 And I will be waiting for the Lord, whose face is veiled from the house of Jacob, and I will be looking for him.
  • Isa 45:15 : 15 Truly, you have a secret God, the God of Israel is a Saviour!
  • Isa 47:6 : 6 I was angry with my people, I put shame on my heritage, and gave them into your hands: you had no mercy on them; you put a cruel yoke on those who were old;
  • Isa 57:16-17 : 16 For I will not give punishment for ever, or be angry without end: for from me breath goes out; and I it was who made the souls. 17 I was quickly angry with his evil ways, and sent punishment on him, veiling my face in wrath: and he went on, turning his heart from me.
  • Isa 60:10 : 10 And men from strange countries will be building up your walls, and their kings will be your servants: for in my wrath I sent punishment on you, but in my grace I have had mercy on you.
  • Jer 31:3 : 3 From far away he saw the Lord: my love for you is an eternal love: so with mercy I have made you come with me.
  • Ezek 39:23-24 : 23 And it will be clear to the nations that the children of Israel were taken away prisoners for their evil-doing; because they did wrong against me, and my face was covered from them: so I gave them up into the hands of their attackers, and they all came to their end by the sword. 24 In the measure of their unclean ways and their sins, so I did to them; and I kept my face covered from them.
  • Zech 1:15 : 15 And I am very angry with the nations who are living untroubled: for when I was only a little angry, they made the evil worse.
  • 2 Thess 2:16 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
  • 1 Tim 1:16 : 16 But for this reason I was given mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might make clear all his mercy, as an example to those who in the future would have faith in him to eternal life.
  • Isa 48:17 : 17 The Lord who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, I am the Lord your God, who is teaching you for your profit, guiding you by the way in which you are to go.

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